Vae Babylon civitas magna (Cristóbal de Morales)
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- Editor: Nancho Alvarez (submitted 2009-09-14). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 104 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Vae Babylon civitas magna a 4
Composer: Cristóbal de Morales
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAT
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1546 in Selectissimae symphoniae (Berg & Neuber, Nuremberg), no. 17
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Væ Babylon,
civitas magna
quædicit in corde suo:
Sede, o regina
et vidua non sum
et luctum non videbo.
Ideo in uno die venient,
plagæ multæ:
et mors et luctus et fames;
et igne comburetur.
Væ, civitas illa magna Babylon,
fortis quoniam una hora
veniet iudicium tuum.
Cecidit Babylon magna
et facta est habitatio dæmoniorum;
quia de vino iræ
fornicationis eius
biberunt omnes gentes,
et reges terræ
cum illa fornicati sunt.
Væ Babylon
civitas magna.